What is the meaning of the word "maroon"?

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  1. a person who is stranded (as on an island) copy to clipboard noun
    • when the tide came in I was a maroon out there copy to clipboard
  2. leave stranded on a desert island without resources copy to clipboard verb
    • The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island copy to clipboard
  3. leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue copy to clipboard verb
    • the travellers were marooned copy to clipboard

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